Title History
| #: | Name(s): | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Kong Czaya & Tiger Jokinder | 1 | November 16, 1955 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Rikidōzan & Harold Sakata in a two out of three falls tournament final. |
| Vacated due to Czaya & Jokinder splitting up. | |||||
| 2 | Dan Miller & Frank Valois | 1 | June 2, 1960 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Rikidōzan & Michiaki Yoshimura. |
| 3 | Rikidōzan & Toyonobori | 1 | June 7, 1960 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 4 | Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo | 1 | February 3, 1962 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 5 | Rikidōzan & Toyonobori | 2 | February 15, 1962 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 6 | Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe | 1 | June 4, 1962 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 7 | Rikidōzan & Toyonobori | 3 | July 1, 1962 | Toyonaka, Japan | |
| Vacated in January 1963 due to Toyonobori getting injured. | |||||
| 8 | Rikidōzan & Toyonobori | 4 | May 6, 1963 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Fred Atkins & Killer Kowalski. |
| Vacated on December 15, 1963 due to Rikidōzan dying of stab wounds sustained on December 8, 1963. | |||||
| 9 | Toyonobori (5) & Michiaki Yoshimura | 1 | February 20, 1964 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Prince Curtis Iaukea & Don Manoukian. |
| 10 | Caripus Hurricane & Gene Kiniski | 1 | May 14, 1964 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| 11 | Giant Baba & Toyonobori (6) | 1 | May 29, 1964 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| 12 | The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons | 1 | June 3, 1965 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| 13 | Giant Baba (2) & Toyonobori (7) | 2 | July 15, 1965 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Vacated on January 5, 1966 due to Toyonobori taking a leave of absence. | |||||
| 14 | Joe Carrolo & Killer Karl Kox | 1 | May 26, 1966 | Sendai, Japan | Defeated Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura. |
| 15 | Hiro Matsuda & Michiaki Yoshimura (2) | 1 | May 28, 1966 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| 16 | Eddie Graham & Killer Karl Kox (2) | 1 | June 27, 1966 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 17 | Giant Baba (3) & Michiaki Yoshimura (3) | 1 | July 1, 1966 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Vacated on November 5, 1966 due to Baba winning the NWA International Tag Team Championship. | |||||
| 18 | Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura (4) | 1 | December 3, 1966 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Eddie Morea & Tarzan Zorro. |
| Vacated in April 1967 due to Ohki getting injured in a car accident. | |||||
| 19 | Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura (5) | 1 | May 26, 1967 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Ike Eakins & Waldo Von Erich. |
| Vacated on October 31, 1967 due to Inoki winning the NWA International Tag Team title. | |||||
| 20 | Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura (6) | 2 | January 6, 1968 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Bill Miller & Rick Hunter. |
| 21 | Klondike Bill & Skull Murphy | 1 | July 8, 1968 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 22 | Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura (7) | 3 | July 30, 1968 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Vacated on January 21, 1969 due to Yoshimura making an excursion to the United States. | |||||
| 23 | Antonio Inoki (2) & Kintaro Ohki (4) | 1 | February 3, 1969 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Tom Jones & Buster Royd. |
| Vacated on July 3, 1969 so Ohki could focus on defending the All Asia Heavyweight Championship. | |||||
| 24 | Antonio Inoki (3) & Michiaki Yoshimura (8) | 2 | August 9, 1969 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Crusher Lisowski & Al Mahilik. |
| Vacated on October 10, 1969 in Yamagata, Japan after a controversial match against Mr. Atomic & Buddy Austin. | |||||
| 25 | Antonio Inoki (4) & Michiaki Yoshimura (9) | 3 | October 30, 1969 | Gifu, Japan | Defeated Mr. Atomic & Buddy Austin in a rematch. |
| Vacated in December 1971 due to Inoki leaving the JWA. | |||||
| 26 | Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura (10) | 1 | December 12, 1971 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. & Dick Murdoch. |
| Vacated on January 30, 1973 due to Yoshimura retiring. | |||||
| 27 | The Great Kojika & Gentetsu Matsuoka | 1 | March 3, 1973 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Killer Karl Krupp & Kurt Von Steiger. |
| Title was abandoned on April 20, 1973 due to the JWA closing. | |||||
| 28 | The Great Kojika (2) & Motoshi Okuma | 1 | March 26, 1976 | Seoul, South Korea | Defeated two Korean representatives to revive the title in AJPW. |
| 29 | Jerry Oates & Ted Oates | 1 | October 2, 1976 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 30 | Samson Kutsuwada & Akihisa Takachiho | 1 | October 21, 1976 | Fukushima, Japan | |
| 31 | The Great Kojika (3) & Motoshi Okuma | 2 | June 16, 1977 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 32 | Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue | 1 | November 6, 1977 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 33 | The Great Kojika (4) & Motoshi Okuma | 3 | February 22, 1978 | Gifu, Japan | |
| Vacated due to inactivity. | |||||
| 34 | The Great Kojika (5) & Motoshi Okuma | 4 | May 31, 1979 | Noshiro, Japan | Defeated Butch Miller & Sweet Williams. |
| 35 | David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich | 1 | May 23, 1981 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 36 | Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato | 1 | June 11, 1981 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated in January 1983 due to Sato getting injured. | |||||
| 37 | Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue (2) | 1 | February 23, 1983 | Takaishi, Japan | Defeated The Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma. |
| Vacated on February 1984 so Inoue could focus on the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship. | |||||
| 38 | Ashura Hara (2) & Takashi Ishikawa (2) | 1 | February 16, 1984 | Nagasaki, Japan | Defeated Thomas Ivey & Jerry Morrow. |
| Vacated on October 22, 1984 | |||||
| 39 | Takashi Ishikawa (3) & Akio Sato (2) | 2 | April 15, 1985 | Nagasaki, Japan | Defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Masanobu Kurisu. |
| 40 | Animal Hamaguchi (2) & Isamu Teranishi | 1 | July 18, 1985 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 41 | Norio Honaga & Isamu Teranishi | 1 | 1985 | Honaga replaced Hamaguchi due to injury. | |
| 42 | Mighty Inoue (3) & Takashi Ishikawa (4) | 1 | October 31, 1985 | Tsuruoka, Japan | |
| 43 | Ashura Hara (3) & Super Strong Machine | 1 | October 30, 1986 | Aomori, Japan | |
| Vacated in 1987 due to Machine leaving AJPW. | |||||
| 44 | Mighty Inoue (4) & Takashi Ishikawa (5) | 2 | July 30, 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Masanobu Kurisu & Isamu Teranishi in a tournament final. |
| 45 | Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (Footloose) |
1 | March 9, 1988 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| 46 | Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano | 1 | September 9, 1988 | Chiba, Japan | |
| 47 | Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (Footloose) |
2 | September 15, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 48 | Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat | 1 | June 5, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 49 | Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada (Footloose) |
3 | October 20, 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 50 | Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat | 2 | March 2, 1990 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 51 | Kenta Kobashi & Tiger Mask II | 1 | April 9, 1990 | Okayama, Japan | On May 14, 1990, Tiger Mask II removed his mask and became known by his real name, Mitsuharu Misawa. |
| Vacated on May 17, 1990 so Misawa could focus on his singles career. | |||||
| 52 | Shinichi Nakano (2) & Akira Taue | 1 | June 5, 1990 | Chiba, Japan | Defeated Davey Boy Smith & Johnny Smith. |
| Vacated in July 1990 due to Nakano leaving AJPW. | |||||
| 53 | Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi (2) | 1 | September 7, 1990 | Fukui, Japan | Defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers. |
| Vacated due to Ace getting injured. | |||||
| 54 | The Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith (The British Bruisers) |
1 | April 6, 1991 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi. |
| 55 | Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat | 3 | April 20, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 56 | Johnny Ace (2) & Kenta Kobashi (3) | 2 | July 8, 1991 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 57 | Billy Black & Joel Deaton | 1 | July 18, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 58 | Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat | 4 | July 26, 1991 | Matsudo, Japan | |
| 59 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi (4) | 1 | May 25, 1992 | Sendai, Japan | |
| 60 | The Eagle & The Patriot | 1 | June 2, 1993 | Koyama, Japan | |
| 61 | Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat | 5 | September 9, 1993 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Vacated on December 5, 1994 so Furnas & Kroffat could focus on the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship. | |||||
| 62 | Jun Akiyama & Takao Ōmori | 1 | January 29, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers in a tournament final. |
| 63 | Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith (2) | 1 | January 9, 1998 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 64 | Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida | 1 | October 6, 1998 | Niigata, Japan | |
| 65 | Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki | 1 | February 13, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title at Fan Appreciation Day. |
| 66 | Takao Ōmori (2) & Yoshihiro Takayama (NO FEAR) |
1 | June 4, 1999 | Sapporo, Japan | Won the title on the Super Power Series tour. Also hold World Tag Team title. |
| 67 | Mitsuharu Misawa (2) & Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | August 25, 1999 | Hiroshima, Japan | This match on the Summer Action Series II tour was also for Omori & Takayama's World Tag Team title. |
| Vacated on August 25, 1999 in Hiroshima, Japan so other wrestlers could hold the title. | |||||
| 68 | Tamon Honda (2) & Masao Inoue | 1 | October 25, 1999 | Nagaoka, Japan | Defeated Maunakea Mossman & Johnny Smith in a tournament final on the October Giant Series tour. |
| Vacated on June 16, 2000 due to Honda, Inoue and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah | |||||
| 69 | Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai | 1 | June 8, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata on the Super Power Series tour. |
| Vacated in August 2001 due to Kakihara suffering a knee injury. | |||||
| 70 | Arashi & Koki Kitahara | 1 | September 8, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Shigeo Okumura & Nobutaka Araya on the Summer Action Series II tour. |
| Vacated on January 14, 2002 in Yokohama, Japan after losing a non-title match to Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu. | |||||
| 71 | Arashi (2) & Nobutaka Araya | 1 | April 13, 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura at Grand Champion Carnival. |
| Vacated on June 20, 2003 due to Arashi winning the World Tag Team title on June 8, 2003. | |||||
| 72 | Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi | 1 | July 19, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto in a tournament final on the Summer Action Series tour. |
| 73 | Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda | 1 | October 10, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE's Evolution tour. |
| Vacated on December 14, 2003 due to Kanemura suffering from an illness. | |||||
| 74 | Mr. Gannosuke & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2) | 1 | December 25, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Jun Kasai & Tengu Kaiser on ZERO-ONE's Rebel Z tour. |
| 75 | The Great Kosuke & Shiryu | 1 | January 2, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour. |
| 76 | Masanobu Fuchi & Genichiro Tenryu | 1 | May 22, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Rise Up tour. |
| 77 | Mitsuya Nagai (2) & Masayuki Naruse | 1 | November 3, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Chrono Stream ~ Masahiro Chono 20th Anniversary. |
| 78 | Buchanan & Rico | 1 | February 2, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Excite Series tour. |
| Vacated on May 27, 2005 due to Rico retiring. | |||||
| 79 | Shuji Kondo & "brother" Yasshi | 1 | June 19, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima in a tournament final on the Crossover tour. |
| 80 | Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | July 26, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Summer Action Series tour. |
| Vacated on October 29, 2006 due to Sasaki getting injured. | |||||
| 81 | Minoru Suzuki & Nosawa Rongai | 1 | January 3, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Shining Series tour. Defeated Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi in tournament finals. |
| 82 | Akebono & Ryota Hama | 1 | September 23, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Flashing tour. |
| 83 | Taru & Big Daddy Voodoo | 1 | April 29, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the 2010 GROWIN’UP tour. |
| 84 | Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada | 1 | August 29, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 85 | Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | March 21, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 86 | Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada | 2 | June 19, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 87 | Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi | 2 | October 23, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 88 | Akebono & Ryota Hama | 2 | July 1, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated on September 4, 2012, due to Akebono being sidelined with pneumonia. | |||||
| 89 | Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka | 1 | October 21, 2012 | Aichi, Japan | Defeated Kazushi Miyamoto and Tomoaki Honma in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| A number inside parentheses in the "Name(s)" column indicates the wrestler had multiple tag team parters and the number is how many reigns they individually had as one-half of the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champions. | |||||
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